Category Archives: Opinion

35 years ago (1979) The Pella Christian High School boys cross-country team took second place at the state meet. Area team members included Russ Van Wyk, Steve Schuring, and Mike Hoogeveen. Kuyper’s Music House was offering free organ classes. Janice Henning, teacher and organist, taught the class using the Evelyn Terrell Organ Method. She covered simple organ...

Veterans Day is next week. Thank you to all our veterans for their selfless dedication and commitment to their country. All our courageous folks out there, whether past or present, man or woman, you are all included in a big thank you. I have learned many things about veterans this past year. It all started a...

My wife and I went on an overnight sightseeing trip to northern Iowa. We took another couple along. That couple will remain nameless. We took off early in the morning and didn’t get far before the women started seeing garage sales. After miles of nagging, I stopped at one. We were there 45 minutes. The...

35 years ago (1979) The Sully First Reformed Church celebrated its 75th anniversary. The theme was “To God Be the Glory.” Included in the program was the auction of the anniversary quilt, skits, slides, and musical numbers. Former pastors reminisced with former student pastors and special visitors recognized. All living former pastors were present for the...

If there is no other reason to vote next Tuesday, it should be in celebration of the end of all the negative campaigning. I’m quite tired of all the “she said, he said, they said, and nobody said” stuff on TV, on radio, printed, and in my mailbox. You may be thinking I shouldn’t be...

35 years ago (1979) The LSK Jaycees sponsored their first annual haunted house. At the Lynnville-Sully School Board meeting, Pony League baseball coaches Larry Melsa and Bob Van Soelen discussed the possibility of incorporating the Pony League Baseball Program, which was run by lay persons in the community, into the junior high program. Mildred Renaud, Marjorie Van Genderen,...

Phyllis Diller once said, “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” She was so right because I recently read, when you laugh you make more than a sound. Experts on the matter say your body is in on the joke, too. First, a laugh builds in your chest and throat. Then your belly begins...